C172 pilot reported that an ATC error resulted in a near midair collision.

Attributes
ACN	1687868
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	VRB.Tower
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Other
Flight Phase	Climb
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 108 Flight Crew Type 108
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was departing runway 12R; and while I was aware the runway is a right pattern; I was fairly certain that tower told me to continue on course. After I took off; at about 800 ft.; I began my turn to the northwest to my destination. There was another plane departing runway 12L [that] passed very close underneath me on the left side of my plane. At about the same time I saw the other plane; the tower controller asked if I could see the traffic. I told him I could; and that it should be no factor. There was no contact; and I continued to my destination without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reported that an ATC error resulted in a NMAC.

Narrative: I was departing Runway 12R; and while I was aware the runway is a right pattern; I was fairly certain that Tower told me to continue on course. After I took off; at about 800 ft.; I began my turn to the northwest to my destination. There was another plane departing Runway 12L [that] passed very close underneath me on the left side of my plane. At about the same time I saw the other plane; the Tower Controller asked if I could see the traffic. I told him I could; and that it should be no factor. There was no contact; and I continued to my destination without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.